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Friday
Sep062013

Who Will Make The Movies Of The Future?

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JA from MNPP here - have y'all seen The New York Times' list of 20 Young Directors To Watch? I only stumbled upon it with the news that Beasts of the Southern Wild director Benh Zeitlin tells them what his next movie's going to be about therein, and seeing as how I'm not a Beasts of the Southern Wild fan that was a strange way for me to come upon it, especially when there are names therein I'm much more interested in.

My personal favorite picks of theirs would be Sarah Polley (who I fell in love with in The Sweet Hereafter and then really fell in love with, like squared, in Go, and then you just keep on multiplying that love every single time she does anything - I think me and her and our love affair are pretty much at infinity about now here in the wake of Stories We Tell), Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth is what the inside of my head looks like, which yeah, I know, steer clear), Andrew Haigh and Na Hong-jin (both Chaser and The Yellow Sea gave me straight up heart palpitations), but I must admit there are several names I'm not familiar with - which is awesome! I'm always up for some learnin', and excited to check the less familiar folks out. Who do you love? And who do you think's missing? I'm personally sad to see a lack of genre moviemakers - whither Ti West?

But who knows - maybe some of these folks will end up making their way onto TFE's next list of our favorite directors of the 21st Century. Sarah Polley's already there!

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Reader Comments (5)

Where's Xavier Dolan???

September 6, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterBill_the_Bear

40 or younger? If it's supposed to be evaluating the youngest edge of talent, wouldn't "30 or younger" or, maybe, "35 or younger" be more fitting?

September 6, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterVolvagia

Thumbs up for Sarah Polley! She is an incredible director and having seen Stories We Tell I love her even more!

September 7, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterDaniel B.

Nadine Labaki and Xavier Dolan are notable omissions

September 7, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterG.ShaQ

I'll also stump for Zal Batmanglij. 'Sound of My Voice' was deliciously atmospheric, and 'The East' was compelling filmmaking as well. When someone wises up and gives him a larger budget, I'd love to see the results.

September 8, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterRJ
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